Larrivee Homecoming?

[dermot]

taken yesterday morning (Nov 20th) at my flat in North Vancouver;




still warmer than Winterpeg tho (says the Kelvin High guy)

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[jandrew]

taken yesterday morning (Nov 20th) at my flat in North Vancouver;

still warmer than Winterpeg tho (says the Kelvin High guy)

Yeah, my brother lives in North Van -- at any rate, you'll be back above zero and raining in no time, whereas we aren't likely to see dirt around here until spring.   So, I'll be perfectly willing to take a road trip for a Vancouver Larrivee gathering (and to visit my brother and his family of course) this winter!

cheers,
andrew

[lyric_girl]

Vancouver is a totally different animal than most of the rest of our country. When I was there for the tour in mid March 2009, I was taking photos of daffodils meanwhile we were still buried in snow here in Ontario.

Would love to come back for a "reunion tour."

[jandrew]

Well, it's a sunny -27° here in Winterpeg and I can't help reviving this thread in the hopes of reigniting interest in a Larrivee homecoming in Vancouver that could offer some of us a little respite this winter    <--- blue for a reason

cheers,
andrew

[Denis]

Well, it's a sunny -27° here in Winterpeg and I can't help reviving this thread in the hopes of reigniting interest in a Larrivee homecoming in Vancouver that could offer some of us a little respite this winter    <--- blue for a reason

cheers,
andrew

Ottawa/Gatineau had snow, freezing rain and now it's just rain.  Tomorrow's morning commute will be interesting!

Vancouver would be my choice.

[lyric_girl]

Are we gonna try to arrange this folks? Not sure my husband would be happy about it, but I'm in.

Summer 2011?

[jandrew]

Are we gonna try to arrange this folks? Not sure my husband would be happy about it, but I'm in.

Summer 2011?

This thread seems to have fizzled a bit -- but it looks like I'll be heading out to Vancouver around March 10 for a couple of weeks. Just saying ... 

cheers,
andrew

[ST]

Hi Andrew,

It's fizzling rain here as it will be until April or May.

March 10 it could be a lot milder but still damp.

My House Concert venue is being renovated (major major stuff) so I'm not sure if it will be available by March.  I hope so.

Anybody else going to be near Vancouver in March?

[johnny37]

I'm near Vancouver all year round.

[OutWithTheBlue]

I vote for So Cal! (*Otherwise I won't be there...)

[lyric_girl]

I'm near Vancouver all year round.

You're hilarious John 

[identicalstranger]

30 miles south of Vancouver here. Would LOVE to do something like this. Hopefully they would have one of every model to play (dreaming again).

Question for the folks who have been to the Vancouver factory....do they have a play room?

[dermot]

Hi Andrew,

It's fizzling rain here as it will be until April or May.

March 10 it could be a lot milder but still damp.

My House Concert venue is being renovated (major major stuff) so I'm not sure if it will be available by March.  I hope so.

Anybody else going to be near Vancouver in March?

Up to me eyeballs in work, but i am going to be in Vancouver early - mid March, just not much left over after a work'n day is done....

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[Danny]

30 miles south of Vancouver here. Would LOVE to do something like this. Hopefully they would have one of every model to play (dreaming again).

Question for the folks who have been to the Vancouver factory....do they have a play room?

I played an old L-10 in the entry area ( sweet tone) and played my new Forum III upstairs in the breakroom along with some employees and other forum members. John did show us some nice guitars, but I'm not sure we were allowed to just play anything we wanted. I didn't anyway.

[jandrew]

30 miles south of Vancouver here. Would LOVE to do something like this. Hopefully they would have one of every model to play (dreaming again

Well, you can certainly play my L-07 if you want, cause I'm bringing it along. I'm road-tripping and leaving Winnipeg (set in clay, not stone) the morning of March 11, should be in Vancouver by the 14th and staying for at least two weeks.  I'll be going via the Yellowhead (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Kamloops, Vancouver) just in case anyone on the way wants a ride (or wants to offer an overnight stay). I don't know what kind of setup needs to be done to visit the Larrivee shop, but I'd be more than happy just meeting fellow forumites and sharing a few tunes (and maybe a beer or two).  (if you want to get in touch, andrew@siaris.net)

cheers,
andrew

[identicalstranger]

It would be great to be able to play a bunch of Larrivees on the same day, with the same acoustic ambiance and state of mind. Unfortunately, none of the shops between Seattle and Vancouver, BC (my grazing area) have a big selection of Larrivees to play. Certainly nothing in upper end. I can't find a shop that deals with more than a few quality used guitars either. Anyone know of a shop I might want to try in either Vancouver or Seattle? I am sure I have hit all of them.

If I thought I could make a living at it, I'd love to open an acoustic only shop and try to attract the serious buyers and traders in my area.  I would try to focus on mid to upper end guitars ($1000 - $5000) , with a focus on quality, gently used guitars. I'd carry one line of new guitars from a company like Larrivee and try to have at least one of each current model in stock at all times (how many Larrivee's would that be?). Most of the shops I visit overload on the entry level models, and sell drums, keyboards, blah, blah, blah.....or only have new guitars.

Anyway...sorry for getting off thread.

[Longridge]

When you get a date set for the proposed Homecoming please post it in under the Larrivee Events 2011 Discussion  - you can find it under the non-guitar Topic also.  Would love it if the date matches my (our) prospective Alaska cruise (no date set as yet) in 2011. Vancover may be one of our stop over points for that trip.

[dcarey]

Bad economy and lack of disposable income is the killer for me these days.
These last two years have been rough! Put a pinch on all of our fun activities.

[jandrew]

Well, no official homecoming it seems, but the L-07 and I are hitting the road in a week (as mentioned above) to spend a couple weeks at my brother's place in North Vancouver if anyone wants to unofficially get together for some tunes.

cheers,
andrew

[dermot]

I'm working 7 days a week, but please drop me a line, maybe we can get together with some folks?

a good excuse to take some time off...

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